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New York had a plan to make it hard for cars to enter the city. Here’s why the governor blocked it.
What would have been America’s first congestion pricing experiment has been delayed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, leaving the city’s public transit system in a financial hole.
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Record 120 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, UN says
A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN said Thursday, branding the ever-increasing number a “terrible indictment on the state of the world”.
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Supreme Court acknowledges accidentally posting Idaho abortion case document that may preview Biden administration win
A copy of the document posted online and then removed suggested that the court will dismiss the dispute over Idaho abortion law, meaning emergency room doctors can perform abortions in Idaho.
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She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.
Civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson convinced the Justice Department to investigate allegedly racist and abusive policing in Lexington, Miss.
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Most Johns Hopkins Medical Students to Receive Free Tuition After $1 Billion Gift
The school said it received the donation from Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organization
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'Leave him alone': New York's Trump reaction
New Yorkers are reacting to the shock of Donald Trump’s assassination with dark humour. But something ominous is in the air too.
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Calif. bans school policies notifying parents of kids’ gender identit
California becomes the first state to prohibit such policies, which some conservatives have advocated for
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Horrifying warning about tattoos for millions
One in five Australians have tattoos – but the findings of a new study have resulted in a warning for anyone who wants to get inked.
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A step-by-step look at how law enforcement’s visit to Sonya Massey’s home went so wrong
Police release video of Illinois woman fatally shot by deputy
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COVID surging in California, nears two-year summer high. ‘Almost everybody has it’
If it seems like many people around you are getting COVID-19, you’re not alone. Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater are surging to levels not seen in summertime since 2022.
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